Hello from Missouri

[fiddler69]

Thank you for accepting my membership to the group.

I'm in Missouri. I have a fascination with fountain pens, and own more than I should admit. I have been a massive consumer of information about this hobby for a while, and over the last couple of months decided to dive in and try to make some of my own. I am going down the path of bespoke making. I may regret not starting with kits ... and I may wind up backtracking ... but for now I'm headed down the bespoke path.

I look forward to learning all I can from the group.

-Jon

 

[its_virgil]

Nice path to follow. No real need to make kit pens first (my opinion). Being a fountain pen person already is a plus. Be aware the tooling needed can be a bit expensive but rewarding. Lots of info available here and on youtube.

 

[NJturner]

Welcome from NJ! The big deciding factor for lots of people when thinking kits or bespoke pens is the entry cost of the bespoke option. Like a lot of people here, I learned turning by making lots of kit pens and have changed my place of fun to custom pens instead - spreading the collecting of the needed tools over a number of years. I never was really into fountain pens, so not sure how exactly I got here, but it's a great creative hobby! Hope you enjoy our group!

Kevin

 

[Alan Morrison]

Welcome to the forum, Jon.